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Capsule oval-oblong; pedicel sometimes long. Stem ue. thin 

 and eradiculose with distant branches. Tufts greenish us. loose 

 and not glossy. — On earth and logs, less often on rocks. 

 Eur. common. Sweden, Germany, Switzerl., Italy! Anip-.: less 

 common. Can.: Macoun; Moser; Waghorne. U. S.: Langlois, 

 com. Cardot. Greenl.: Wenck, com. Roell. 



*E.Swartzii Turner. — Hypnum Turn.; Lindb.; Eurhj-nchium 

 Curnow. 



Leaves broad-ovate short-acuminate crowded; cells oblong- 

 lanceolate. Stem thicker and somewhat rigid, sparingly radi- 

 culose; branches nearly crowded. Tufts dark green somewhat 

 dense. — Shaded stones and logs in woods. Eur. not common. 

 SwedenI; Lindberg. 



* E.Schleicheri Hedw. fil. — Hypnum H. f.; Eurhynchium 

 Lorentz. 



Leaves ovate- lanceolate sometimes long-acuminate, us. crow- 

 ded; cells sublinear; costa long often short-excurrent. Capsule 

 and pedicel shorter. Tufts dense. — Rocks r. Ein\ Sweden! 

 Belgium: Roemer. 



* E.hians Hedwig. — Hypnum H., not SuUiv.; Eurhynchium 

 Kindb. 



Leaves gen. ovate-lanceolate with longish filiform point; upper 

 cells lanceolate. Capsule smaller; pedicel short. Stem creeping. 

 — Amer. probably not r. Can.: Wacoun; Moser. U. S.: Hall, 

 com. Macoun. 

 lO.E.pumihini Wilson. — Hypnum W.; Eurhynchium Schirap. 



Leaves distant subdistichous very small subovate (or those 

 of branches ovate-oblong) acute, neither striate nor decurrent; 

 cells suboblong or broadly lanceolate exc. the not much distinct 

 alar; costa vanishing near middle. Capsule small oval; pedicel 

 short. Tufts dense green. Stem creeping subcapillary. Re- 

 sembles a small var. of E. pri-jelongum. — Earth and rorks r. 

 Eur. Switzerl. I 



ll.E.ticinense Kindb. bull. soc. bot. ital. 1895. — E. Tecsdalei 

 var., Kindb. revue bryol. 189:^. 



Leaves small subdistant or nearly crowded, ovate-oblong or 

 broadly ovate-lanceolate, acute or shortacuminate, not decurrent; 

 upper ceils lanceolate-oblong, lower nearly uniform subquadrale; 

 costa percurrent or subpercurrent, well-distinct. Stem thin 

 sparingly radiculose, irregularly divided. Tufts compact green. 

 Capsules and flowers unknown. Resembles Eurhynchium Tees- 

 dalei, which differs in opake still smaller and narrower leaves. 



